The Republican journal., 1887-08-11
News of Belfast and Vicinity.

News of Belfast and Vicinity.
The fall term of the cit, schools will begin Sep
TENDER 5th.
There was a frost Saturday night in lowands in
the co untry.
Mrs. Eliza, wife of Mr.. John Poor, of this city,
died on Friday last, aged IS years.
Mr.. j. F. Noyes, who manufactured wringcrs at
the foundry building, has moved to the Head of
the Tide.
The temperance camp meeting at Northport last
week was Il financial failure, the projectors find
ing themselves out of pocket about $l25
Heating 4 Field have had plan of searsport
made, to be used in their insurance business. Mr.
c. NJ Craig, of this city, drew the plan for the firm
The rescript in the Mrs. Martha NJ. Crockett case
has been received by the Clerk of Courts. The
journal of last week gave the gist of the opinion
We are indebted to Hon. Fred Atwood of Win
terport, for an invitation to the New England Fair
to be held at Worcester, Mass, Aug. 30, 81, Sept.
and2.
Capt. Tower of the Lighthouse Board now in
Belfast, has bought $4,000 bricks of Mr.. Strout and
the U. s. steamer Myrtle taking them from the
Haraden wharf.
A little girl of Harry Cliffor'rs picked upa ady's
pocket book in this city one day last week. The
book contained considerable sum of money The
little girl was rewarded with one penny.
The Governor has made the following nomina
tons for Waldo county: John +. Libby, Prospect,
Alvah sherman, Liberty, William F. Runnclls
Searspot, Justices of the Peace; J. u. Tucker,
Belfast, Coroner.
The article on the ice business of Maine sixty
years ago, prepared for and originally published
In the journal some weeks since, is now going the
rounds second time, credited to the Portland
Press, without credit.
There has been a change in the running time of
the Belfast and Freedom stage. The stage
leaves Freedom daily at A. NJ, arrivingin Eelfast
at ll.i5. Returning leaves Belfast at f. NJ, arilv
ing in Freedom at 5.45 7. NJ.
The Knights of Pythias, of this city, lave ar
ranged with Mr.. c. y. Black for Il hall a by 10 and
II feet high in the upper portion of his building in
Phoenix Row Mr.. Blacks tenement will have to
be built up five feet higher in consequence.
Mr.. Ambrose Morrison, of this city, Express
Messenger has been transferred from tie Belfast
branch to the Bangor and Bar IIarbor route and
Mr.. Austin Heating, of this city, is supplying Mi.
Morrisons place on the branch.
| Schrs. Maine and Helen arrived last week with
| iron pipe for the Belfast water works. The pipe
| is distributed rs fast delivered and may now
be all along the streets. Other caroes are ON
the way. The laying of the pipes will begin
| shortly.
| The Daily Brothers performance Friday evening
at the Belfast Opera House drew fair sized audi
encc. Parts of the entertainment We're first class,
| but much was objectionable. The sparring match
between Mike DAILY and Marccllu~ Baker dill not
come up to expectations.
| Rev X. w. Savage, Il ''iisher of mc!'," together
| with Fred l.. Mason, Sontnc Hopkins, Charles |.
WEIGH. Capt s. |. Grant and others became ii 81
er OF goldfish last week, outside OF the Duck Islands
| As Il fisher piscatoral he found himself Very much
| befoggcd, an experience which WAS never known
| to happen to him fisher of humanity. They
| had good luck though. We are indebted t" the
| Reverend gentleman for Il fine fish of MS own
| catching Thanks. Ellsworth American.
| "The night Waterman awokc when the roof feii
in, says confagration dispatch. 1T Ii were not
| for the wakefulness of night watchmcn, great
deal of property would be destroyed. Louisville
Coulier-Journal.
| The comment of the Courier-Jou,nal, taken seri
ously, fits Belfast exactly Our night watchmcn
have "a, Ell a good deal of property.
| a schooner captain reports that last sunday he
was in one of the harbors on the Maine coast log
bound, and in the harhor III company with
| him We're nearly two hundred vessels said he,
lou could see in that one harhor cvcrytnin" from
barkentine down to Il twenty foot steam launch
| | tell YOU it sight You will not often sec.
| Bath Times, Aug. 4.
Our local ea-farng men say that the fog was the
densest and blackest they have ever experienced
Mr.. F. {. Rockwell and family, of this city, have
| Yn, tin1p ed no al he
In this city. Last week a gay party assembled
there, consisting of Mrs Grinncll and daughter, OF
Sear>port, DR.. Geo. McCurly, wife and child OF
Searsmont, DR.. Charles McCury and wife anC
Augusta McCurly, Of Washington, Mr.. and Mrs
G. b. Hall, of Belfast.
| |. .. .. F. Mr.. Frank A. Foett of this city
has been elected major of the first battalion secont
regiment of the Patriarch Militant branch of tllt
| ORDER. The annual session of the Grand Lodge
| of Maine WIS held at Portland Tuesday ansi TIN
| Grand Encampment on Wednesday. The follow
ing Past Gran,ls from Belfast We're in attendance
G. W. Hanev, w. NJ. Priest, +. II. Hancy. and i
q. Dyer.
| Mr.. Percy Pierce, the new agent for the Belfas
| Opera House, has made some improvements in thu
hall The gas is lighted ty electricity. Th'
battery, buttons and switch board are ON the lief
on the stage behind the curtain, and wires run Y
the different gas burners. When the gas is to ~
lighted the operator behind the curtain presses hi
| thumb upon button and instantly the light burst
forth 1t was used for the first time ut the prcsen
| tation of Rosedae last Thursday evening.
Mr. Frank W. Colcor,l, of New Market, y. II
| was in Belfast last week. Mr.. COlcur,l, with MI
Frank w. Nichols both formerly of Searsport, ar
now In the photograph business AT New Market
Mr.. Colcort says they have also bought the intere-
of an operator at Weymouth, Mass, to which pac
he will move, leaving Mr.. Nichols to the bu~i
ness at New Market. Weymouth is " place of II
900 inhabitants, and Mr.. Colcor' is the only photo
grapher in town. The prospects of the yonn
| men are encouraging.
CHURCH NOTES Rev j. A. Savage dcliverc
| an address at the Unitarian Church last SuntIa
morning in memory of Miss Susan l.. Bean, daugl
| ter of Joseph Bean The choir also furnished al
propliate music The organs in the North am
| Unitarian Churches have been thoroughly rcpalr
| and are in iirst-class order. The work WI.
| done by Mr.. C.. p. Graves, of Portland ...Th
| Unitarian choir is holding -cmi-wcekly rehearsal
| to work mp new music just received ..lscv. Gee
| L. Tufts viii preach in the church at ~atur(ll
| Cove Northport, neNt sunday at 1890 A. NJ.
| There will be no services at the North Church fO
1 four sundays. Al the eN piration of that time Rev
Ii. T. Hack win return with his family lnd he ii
stalled pastor. sunday school will he continued 4
the usual hour OF the morning service.
| PERSONAL En- Mayor Maurice G. Blake. of "a
Francisco, is in Belfast, the guest Of Calvin Ilei
vey.. Mrs. William RoiN, of Boston, arrived her
1 sunday and has taken ut Mr. Geo. T.. Wight
4 -,
\ Bethel, is in town for few days Mr.. f.. 4
\ Thorndike and Miss ld: NJ. Chase of Boston, M
| In Belfast, the guests of MIR. and Mrs. Edwar
Sibley. Mr.. and Mrs. John Craig, of Barre, Vel
mont, arc in Belfast visiting Mrs. Craig, parents
1 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sanborn Mr.. John Nj. Hi
| gore and family, of Lowell, Mass, arrived her
last week. and are occupying their cottage on Nun
phys Point.....Capt Tower and John III Dahl fror
1 the Boston Office of the Lighthouse Board ar
1 visiting here, the guests of Mr. F. A. Gilkcy... MI
4 and Mrs. Paul English, of Nebraska. in Bel
i English was Miss Maria Mudgctt, Il sister OF Mrs
Johnson and teacher in the Belfast city schools
\ Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo bow, and Mrs. pr. Task
er, of Fairfield, were in Belfast last week Mis-
| of Miss Isa Conant Miss Rosa A. Jones' y
4 Washington ID. G., is spending months vacation
| with her sister, Mrs. j. W. Nash, of this CITY,.
\ Mr. and Mrs. 7. n. Winslow of Atlanta. Ga, am
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